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08-23-2006, 09:06 AM
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Ok, so I traded in my ford and Im now driving a 2006 a/t Cherry Red Shinka! The only realy odd part on this car is that it has a tape player, but eh who cares! Great car, only 100 miles on it. Im taking it for a drive this weekend out of town... looking forward to it.
Picks to come soon.
Picks to come soon.
08-23-2006, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by 4 years to Supercharge
Just hit your lock button twice on your remote. You'll get a quick honk.
08-23-2006, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 4 years to Supercharge
Just hit your lock button twice on your remote. You'll get a quick honk.
And to the OP welcome to the club and ignore our lil um hysteria at the moment on another thread.
08-23-2006, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by BunnyGirl
When a coworker pushes her lock buttons on her key her car gives out this pathetic little "meh."
Mom's Subie wagon uses the main horn, too, which is massively annoying as it apparently can't be disabled (unlike ours where you don't get any horn at all unless you hit the lock button TWICE) and you get TWO honks when you unlock ("meep-meep").
Gotta love the sound effects in here.
08-23-2006, 01:53 PM
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The only realy odd part on this car is that it has a tape player, but eh who cares!
08-23-2006, 02:08 PM
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Congrats!! Just posted this in another thread - can you say hijack?
Originally Posted by dmc27
Zeblien - you actually bought one of these POS mulligans after all the sky is falling threads?? lol.
08-23-2006, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by DrDiaboloco
I'd prefer the "meh" to the main horn. My dad's old Audi had the "meh", which sounded like it came from another part of the car than the engine compartment, maybe right-rear near the trunk...
Mom's Subie wagon uses the main horn, too, which is massively annoying as it apparently can't be disabled (unlike ours where you don't get any horn at all unless you hit the lock button TWICE) and you get TWO honks when you unlock ("meep-meep").
Gotta love the sound effects in here.
Mom's Subie wagon uses the main horn, too, which is massively annoying as it apparently can't be disabled (unlike ours where you don't get any horn at all unless you hit the lock button TWICE) and you get TWO honks when you unlock ("meep-meep").
Gotta love the sound effects in here.
08-23-2006, 02:18 PM
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My coworker has a Jetta that makes the "meh" sound. There is a lady that gets off work around the time I am getting there. She has a Honda SUV that is fairly new, probably within the last year or two. I'm not sure what model it is but when she pushes the buttons to unlock it her horn sounds twice. It scared the crap out of me one day. I was walking in front of it (she backs into her spot) as she was unlocking the door. She laughed and told me her car was just talking to me. LOL
I don't know about the other models of 8s but my 06 GT (transmitter thingy) makes a single high-pitched electronic beep sound when you push the remote button once for lock, twice for unlock, same thing when you use the buttons on the door handles. It does make that really loud horn when you push lock twice on the remote. I have to remember to only push it once at night when I get home from work so I don't disturb the neighbor if he has already gone to bed.
I don't know about the other models of 8s but my 06 GT (transmitter thingy) makes a single high-pitched electronic beep sound when you push the remote button once for lock, twice for unlock, same thing when you use the buttons on the door handles. It does make that really loud horn when you push lock twice on the remote. I have to remember to only push it once at night when I get home from work so I don't disturb the neighbor if he has already gone to bed.
08-23-2006, 02:46 PM
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Shinka ... um really you sure?
Why is it the only place I see the special edition name "Shinka" on the side of my car, but nowhere inside? Most special edition cars make sure people know its one, inside and out.
Also, what does that name mean?
Not "failing engine" i hope.
Also, what does that name mean?
Not "failing engine" i hope.
08-23-2006, 03:05 PM
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Shinka is the japanese word for "evolution" or "transformation" (or more accurately the concept of "to evolve" or "to transform" remember, the japanese language is concept based, as oposed to most western languages which are word based)
yes, as Ike said: for '05 Shinka was a special edition ( had a numbered plaque on the engine compartment and a unique color, headlights/taillights.)
for '06 it is a trim level (still has the tan leather interiors, black interior trim, urethane filled crossmember, exterior badging, and Navi is NOT an option on it) but they can make as many as they can sell, as oposed to '05 shinkas that once they were gone- They were gone ( I think thet made a little over a thousand worldwide)
yes, as Ike said: for '05 Shinka was a special edition ( had a numbered plaque on the engine compartment and a unique color, headlights/taillights.)
for '06 it is a trim level (still has the tan leather interiors, black interior trim, urethane filled crossmember, exterior badging, and Navi is NOT an option on it) but they can make as many as they can sell, as oposed to '05 shinkas that once they were gone- They were gone ( I think thet made a little over a thousand worldwide)
08-23-2006, 03:17 PM
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Oh so realy, in this case, Shinka means "evolution in marketing stragities". Oh well, I guess I can put a decal inside or something!
Thanks. I have learned a bit of japanese basics, like all the hiragana katakana, and grammer, but vocab is not very good yet.
Thanks. I have learned a bit of japanese basics, like all the hiragana katakana, and grammer, but vocab is not very good yet.